BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. Advice Needed!

    BabyLady replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    By all means, continue your job

  2. Nursing Interventions for oversedated patient

    BabyLady replied to Rosinka's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not trying to be mean, but you are posting several questions asking about interventions for different situations. We don't mind helping with homework, but you'll get more help if you at least show you...

  3. Forced Flu Shots

    BabyLady replied to Tinksrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    FYI, The flu shot this year has the H1N1 already in it. I didn't take it last year and won't take it this year...this is my facility policy: 1. If you don't take the flu shot, you sign a waiver. 2....

  4. Need Advice on BSN or ASN!

    BabyLady replied to rileysaunt's topic in General Nursing

    I firmly believe in a BSN...however, I choose to get my ADN so I could be working while I got my BSN. It worked out to the same number of years at the schools near

  5. is fmla detrimental to companies/hospitals?

    BabyLady replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Correct...this makes sense. I do know that a company is legally required to follow their own written policy...so that is why it is imoprtant if you take FMLA, such an example such as this, to get a...

  6. Closed system UAC problems..help

    BabyLady replied to sarapRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am not sure the brand name of our set-up...as everyone just calls it an ART line set up, but we attach it to the UAC's. Ours has this long thin tubing that has a black line and the system has a 10...

  7. Meds Check-Off---Advice????

    BabyLady replied to HappyCat0325's topic in General Students

    Think about the rationale of the gloves... Let's say, you walk into a room, wash your hands, don the gloves..examine the patient, touch the bed, touch the bedside table etc...now, are your gloves...

  8. is fmla detrimental to companies/hospitals?

    BabyLady replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    when i read this, i didn't understand it...i am pretty sure that fmla only protects your job for 12 weeks...i don't think it was fmla that protected your job as much as having a short-term disability,...

  9. is fmla detrimental to companies/hospitals?

    BabyLady replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Understand, that those employees have had to turn in tons of paperwork to HR in order to apply for FMLA, many of those days off are taken without pay (unless they have saved enough vacation time). You...

  10. Help! Possibly pregnant and new job??

    BabyLady replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

    You are under no legal obligation to tell them you are pregnant and they cannot even ask you. However, with regards to health insurance, if you are pregant when you already start the job, your...

  11. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    BabyLady replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I had this happen one time at a physician's office about 6 months ago where I was greeted by a medical assistant...I assumed that she was a nurse, because the secretary called her one and she answered...

  12. Co-workers...when they run hot and cold on you.

    BabyLady posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok..this is a minor vent. I always pride myself on having a positive attitude at work...I joke around with people and I also make sure that I am the first to lend a hand when it's needed, a shift...

  13. Forced to come into work on day off

    BabyLady replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for 20 years in a corporate setting before I got into nursing, and trust me, I have learned that hospitals push the envelope much further than most any other employer. This is what they count...

  14. Forced to come into work on day off

    BabyLady replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    Being in a at-work state doesn't give employers total and free reign. You have to look at what this employee, in detail, is being asked to do: She is being asked to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a...

  15. Forced to come into work on day off

    BabyLady replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    With the costs in healthcare, that is doubtful. They cannot require you to carry a cell phone unless they foot the bill for

  16. Hippa question

    BabyLady replied to sprintin08's topic in General Nursing

    No, it is not a HIPAA violation as long as there is no identifying

  17. Can they fire you for not picking up overtime?

    BabyLady replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to be a team player and pick your battles. If you start getting the reputation of never picking up additional hours/shifts...trust me, they will remember that when you go to them and needs...

  18. Forced to come into work on day off

    BabyLady replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    This is illegal if you are not scheduled for a shift. Especially if they couldn't get ahold of you. You can do a salaried employee like that, but not

  19. Forced to come into work on day off

    BabyLady replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    This is why God created caller ID and why you shouldn't answer the phone unless it is super-convenient for you to go in. What they are wanting to do, is to have the entire staff on call without paying...

  20. Meds Check-Off---Advice????

    BabyLady replied to HappyCat0325's topic in General Students

    This is also a good tip and I think was an NCLEX question when I was studying for my boards. It is for the protection of the patient as well as to prevent the nurse from absorbing minute amounts of...

  21. Meds Check-Off---Advice????

    BabyLady replied to HappyCat0325's topic in General Students

    My tips: 1. Remember that you never rub transdermal patches. 2. Stick with that you know...I'll be honest..tons of other nurses try to tell me other ways to do my med calculations, but the way I was...

  22. Interracial marriage and physiology..this is for a paper

    BabyLady replied to nvsmom's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Race is still a major factor when it comes to determining not also risk factor (high or low) for certain diseases or conditions, but the two links that were posted by another member had an...

  23. Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    BabyLady replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, here is the dignity section from CMS. Notice that it had SUGGESTIONS for alternative words for adult diapers, but the section stopped short of a requirement. Also notice that equally on the...

  24. Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    BabyLady replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility policy is that you don't SAY the term to the family or patient. However, we can in charting. There is a huge

  25. Carseats for premies

    BabyLady replied to nicunana's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We actually hold up discharges due to no car seat. So far, I have seen this happen once. Of course, the hospital social worker was called. The parents were like, "If you don't let us take the...